Alison Kirkpatrick RN

Alison Kirkpatrick RN has 29 years experience and specializes in Pre-Op/PACU/OR/Endoscopy.

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1. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to nursy20's topic in Government

   So you have to show you affected change within your department. Re-writing an SOP, doing an in-service for staff etc. When you get to ethics, pull up the ANA code of ethics and correlate your example to one of the standards. You can use one example f...

2. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to nursy20's topic in Government

   We were told the board would evals received on or before COB 1/24/2024. All other evals will fall under the new standards which have not been released yet. Additionally, everyones dates are changing to fiscal year end. We were told here if it wasn't ...

3. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to nursy20's topic in Government

   The boards were sunset effective Monday January 29th. The entire process is changing going forward. It is supposed to be more of a natural progression to a Nurse II going forward, and easier because it will be at the hands of your manager and HR. Tha...

4. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to nursy20's topic in Government

   Here friends. I have removed any personal information, but this is my evaluation for promotion when I went from a Nurse 1 Level 3 to a 2. A few tips, pretend the people reading this are not nurses and have no clue what you do. Go into great, nauseati...

5. Invasive monitoring in ASC

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to Alison Kirkpatrick RN's topic in PACU

   A multitude of reasons. The patient will be in an ultra-sling, so they will be limited and will have to use the non-operative side to do everything. If you have a patient with mobility issues every time they go to stand up, they will use that side to...

6. Invasive monitoring in ASC

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN posted a topic in PACU

   I work in a freestanding ASC for the VA. We have acquired a new orthopedic surgeon who will be doing shoulder arthroscopies with rotator cuff repairs, distal clavicle resections, and acromioplasties to be done in beach chair position. Our chief of an...

7. VA Nurse 2 Proficiency Help

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to jenny966's topic in Government

   You can use 1 example for more than one dimension if applicable

8. VA Nurse 2 Proficiency Help

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to jenny966's topic in Government

   Happy to help. You need to do something that affects change at your unit level. Re-write a policy, suggest a change that improves outcomes etc. One nurse simply identified that we didn't have an actual order set to access an infusaport for SDS. She c...

9. VA offering me RN 1 but I have BSN??

   Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to MajesticDancer's topic in Government

   So if you are BSN prepared with greater than 2 years experience you should come in at a nurse 2. If you didn't make sure your VetPro information is accurate. Buzz words to use on your resume are charge nurse, preceptor, super user etc. Include any ma...

10. VA offering me RN 1 but I have BSN??

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to MajesticDancer's topic in Government

    Based on what you've stated here, you should have been brought in as a nurse 2. You must have a minimum of 2 years experience to do so, otherwise you would have come in at a nurse 1 level 3. I am sorry. I am not sure that anything can be done now exc...

11. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to nursy20's topic in Government

    So writing for your appointment is a bit different. You want to include anything you've done outside of regular patient care. Precepting, charge nurse, assistant nurse manager, super user, fall champion/skin care champion, any committee's you partici...

12. VA Nurse II: Performance Dimension

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to Morainey's topic in Government

    LVN is a bit different because they are on the GS scale. I would give details of any extra things you did, like precept or projects.

13. VA Nurse II: Performance Dimension

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to Morainey's topic in Government

    Did you come in at a Nurse 1 or a 2 with a BSN?

14. PACU DOCUMENTATION/ASSIGNMENTS

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN posted a topic in PACU

    So one of our veteran nurses has recently challenged the way we document in PACU. There is no current SOP for frequency of documentation, so I have always adhered to the 15 minute rule while in Phase I PACU (meaning I reassess every 15 minutes with t...

15. WIG with Promotion for VA nurse

    Alison Kirkpatrick RN replied to Alison Kirkpatrick RN's topic in Government

    This is also my question. I can't find it anywhere in writing that your date pushes back when you get promoted.